Valve



June 9, 1925. 1,540,927

A. w. CHARLES I VALVE Filed Jan. '7, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 A WWlflJ June9, 1925.

1,540,927 A. w. CHARLES VALVE Filed Jan. '7, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Butte, in the county ofSilver Bow. and S tate Patented June 9, 1925.

ALFRED Jermaine; oraau'rrn, MONTANA.

VALVE.

"Application filed Janu'aryW, I924. SeriaI'N o. 684,837;

\ 1'0 tZZtywho'nV it may concern.

Be it known that I, ALF-nun V. Criminals,

.a citizen of the UnitedStates, residin at "of llIont-ana,"haveinventeda ew and useful "Valve, of which t'he followlng 1sa spec1fication.

s'truction of'thet hree way type. D

The primary objectiot the invention is to provide a-valveoff tliischaracter wherein fluids and gases of varioustemperatures may beproperly proportioned iii-their sage through the valve.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means forcontrolling the movements of the valve to insure the valve being turnedto its proper position.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referriiilg to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a valve constructed in accordance with theinvention.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional View through the valve body, remoteparts being omitted. t

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the valve body.

Figure t is a sectional view taken on line 4- 1- of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings in detail thereference character 5 designatesthe body of the valve which is formed with a pipe opening 6 and pipeopenings 7 and 8 respectively.

The body 5 includes an outer wall 9 spaced from the inner wall. 10 ofthe body, the wall 10 being formed with openings 11 that communicatewith the pipes 7 and 8 respectively. Operating within the valv body is ahollow plug 12 that is tapered to conform to the tapered opening in thevalve body in which the same is positioned, the plug being provided withopposed openings 13 that are designed to communicate Withthe pipes 7 and8 through the openings 11.

As shown, the plate 13 is formed integral pas- and pipes not sl1own,"=and i which have connection with the pipes 7 and 8 so that the '-\vi-th-th valve body and extendsover-one end at the valve body,- the s'ame'being disposed in slaaced relati on'with the "valvebody as clearly shownby Figure the drawings.

The valve plug- 12 is formed with an ex tension 145", at-one end.overwh-i'chthe handle -jport-ion" 15 isfitted: -T 'he handle 15 is rela-This inventionrelates to valve construe tions and moreparticularly to avalve con-' "tiv ely long {and formed with a slot extend: ing throughoutsubstantially 'the entire *length of the handle, the slo-tfbein'gdesigned to accommodatethe"extension 1 1 "',.-to permit the valvepluglzto be rotated. I

tl his 'h-andle 15 is curved so t l i at a'dequate space" will beprovided between the handle operators handwill not contact with suchpipes when the valve is being turned.

Formed at the opposite end of the body 5 is an enlargement 16 throughwhich the valve stem 17 extends, the valve stem 17 being relatively longas compared with the extension 14 and extends through the cap 18removably supported on the extension 16, the cap being provided with aninwardly extended flange 19 formed with lugs 20. These lugs 20 cooperatewith lugs 21 that are disposed in spaced relation with each other andextend outwardly from the extension 16 so that when the lugs 20 and 21are moved into engagement with each other, the cap 18 .is held inposit-ion. It will thus b seen that when the lugs 20 are moved betweenadjacent lugs 21, the cap may be removed from the valve body to removethe plug.

Over-lying the cap 18 is a plate 22 which is disposed in spaced relationwith the cap providing a clearance for the reception of the handle 15should it be. desired to remove the handle 15 and operate the plug fromthe end 17.

The plug 12. is held in position by means of the coiled spring 23 thatis shown as positioned within th confines'ot the annular rib 24 of thecap 18 at one of its ends, the opposite end contacts with the plug 12 toexert a pressure on the plug to insure against the same leaking.

Thus it will be seen that it it is desired to remove the plug 12, thecap 18 is forced inwardly against the tension of coiled spring 23 andgiven a slight rotation in a clockwise is positioned on the end 17, thecap 22 is forced inwardly 'againstth tension o't'coiled connected up toadmit fluid'at 6,

spring 23 and rotated slightly in an anticlockwise direction until thelugs 20 and 21 are engaged as shown by Fi'gure 3 of the drawing.

It might be the edges of the plate-13 and plate 22 actas stops for thehandle 15 to restrict move .ment of the handle and insure against theplug being rotated to a po nt wherein the openings 13, would be out ofregistry with r the inlet openings of the valve body. Should it bedesiredto rotate the-plug after, the I handle 15 has been movedtoQengagegone of the edges ofeither the plates 13 or.22,,the

handle may be moved transyersely of the.

body portion sliding the long. end of the arm to the opposite side ofthe plug where the plug may again benotated,

From the foregoing twill be seen that 1 due tothe construction as Ishown and dei ser bed,proportionate amounts- 0f hot and. H

cold water may be passed througlr the valve further stated that portions6f body and discharged through outlet openingz6 thereof, and shouldqthe.valve be therefrom, aplug having openingsg' positioned in thebody'poition, a cap having lugs a coiled springdisposed between the capand plug for normally urging the'fplug within the body portion to insurea fluidtight connection between 'the' body portion and plug, ,and meansfor rotating the plug.

In itesti nionythat I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaffixed m'y'sigria ture n the presence of twofwitnesses. a

